Woman&#39;s hat-fastener.



S. A. VAN HORN. WOMAN'S HAT FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. 1913.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

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STATE AN OFFICE-i SHERIDAN A. VAN Hanan 0F sYR-AcUsnnEw YORK, ASSIGNOR or ronTY-NiNE oun- HUNDREDTI-IS T0 MATHEW HALL, or sYn'AcUsn, NEW YORK.

WOMANS HAT-FAS'TENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERIDAN A. VAN HORN, of Syracuse, in thecounty of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful lVomans Hat-Fastener, of which the following isa specification..

..This invention has for its object the production of a womans hat fastener which is particularly simple in construction and highly eflicient and durable in use, and it like consists in the combinations and construce tions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In descr bing this inventlon reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which characters designate correspondlng parts in all the views.

Figure 1 1s a cross-sectional view of my hat fastener, thesame being shown as applied to a hat. Fig. 2 is a plan of my hat fastener, the jaws thereof being shown in their closed position.

This hat fastener comprises generally a frame adapted to be inserted in the crown of a hat, opposing movable jaws carried by the frame, and a singleoperative 1nember for controlling the jaws, the. operating member extending to the outside of thehat. The jaws are movable toward each other and the operating member is arranged between the jaws and movable rectilineally in a direction crosswise of themovement of the jaws.

1 is the top plate of the frame; 2 are legs which support the top plate and which rest upon a suitable base 3 in the form of a ring. The frame may be secured in the hat in any suitable manner. The frame is formed of any suitable light material or metal and is extending rearwardly from the pivots and having depending and inwardly bent prongs 7. and 8 located at their rear ends and intermediate of their ends respectively, the prongs 7 depending at a greater distance bevlow the main arms of thejaws 5 than the intermediate prongs 8 and said prongs passing through openings 9 formed in the legs 2.

The jaws are alsoprovided withinwardly and rearwardly extending converging, arms 10 which coact with the operating member I to be described.

11 is the operating member mounted on the top plate 1 and movable forwardly and rearwardly in substantially the plane of the main arms of the jaws 5, and midway be tween said jaws, said operating member including a cam 12 having inclining diverging surfaces coacting with the arms 10 and straight surfaces13 at the high points of the inclined surfaces of the cams, the surfaces 13 forming seats for the arms 10 when the jaws are in open position. The cam 12 is formed with a lengthwise slot 14 which receives a guiding lug 15 projecting from the top plate and having a head 16 which overlies the upper surface of the cam. The cam 12 is also formed with horizontal side flanges '17 which overlie the contiguous portions of vided with a suitable handle 18 at the outer end.

During movement of the operating member outwardly from its starting position shown in Fig. 2, the diverging surfaces 12 act on the arms 6 to separate the same, and hence force the jaws 5 outwardly into the position shown in Fig. 2, in which position the jaws are held by the seats 13 of the cam. The awsare controlled in their returning movement by the operating member 11, but after being started, are moved to their closed position by springs.

19 are the springs, and as here shown, these springs connect the jaws 5 and the operating member 11, and during the move ment of the operating member from. its

.starting position, shown in Fig. 2, the

sition, the springs at the same time pulling the jaws 5 to their closed position and hence causing the arms 6 to act on the inclined surfaces of' the cam 12 to-force the member 11 to its starting position.

In operation, the wearer places the hat on her head after pulling rearwardly or out- Pa-tented Sept. '21

wardly on the handle 18, and after the hat-is 7 'jawsto their placed into position the handle 18 is pressed inwardly or forwardly permitting the springs to yi'eldingly move the jaws 5 toward each other carrying their prongs 7 and 8 into the wearers hair.

lVhat I claim is:

'1. A womans hat fastener comprising a frame adapted to be inserted in" the hat, a pair of opposing aws carried by the frame,

an operating member common to both jaws and having a handle located on the outside of the hat, the operating member being movable in a direction transversely of the movement of the jaws, and a spring connecting thelja ws and the operating member and arranged to pull the jaws into operative position': and to act on the operating member to move the same to its starting position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A womans hat fastener comprising a frame adapted to be inserted in the hat, opposing pivoted jaws having prongs for entering the hair of the wearer, the jaws being movl'ble on their pivots toward and from each. other and having angularly arranged arms extending toward each other, an operating member arranged between the jaws and movable in a direction transversely of the movement of the jaws and having means for coacting with said arms to rock the jaws on their pivots when said member is moved in one direction, and springs for moving the closed positions, the springs ."connecting the jaws and the operating member and being movable from one side to the other of a straight line passing through the points of secnrement of the springs and the jaws, substantially as and for the purpose set" forth.

A womans hat fastener comprising a frame adapted to be inserted in the hat,' opposing pivoted jaws having prongs forenteringthe hair of the wearer, the jaws being movable on "their pivots toward and from each other and having angularly arranged arms-extending toward each other, an operating member arranged between the jaws and movable in a direction transversely of the movement of the jaws and having a cam forco'acting with said arms to rock the jaws on theirpivots, and springs for moving the -aws=to their closed positions, the springs bonnectingthe jaws and-the operating mem- ':ber and, being movable from one side to the other of a'straight linepassing through the "points-of securement of the springs and the jaws, and the cam having seats for engaging said-arms when the jaws are inropen position for preventing movement ofthe jaws by ,xth'e springs substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A'woman-s hat fastener comprising a frameadapted to be inserted in the hat, op ..posingumovableijaws pivoted to the frame and movable toward and from each other,

h ja av g i w r y t ndin a s, an operating member movable crosswise of the direction of the movement of the jaws and having a cam coacting with said arms, the cam having diverging surfaces, and

spring means tending to move the jaws .to-

ward each other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A womanshat fastener comprisinga frame adapted to be inserted in the hat,"opposing movable jaws pivoted" to the frame and movable toward and from each other, the

jaws having inwardly extending arms, fan

operating member movable crosswise'of the direction of movement of the jaws, and having a cam coacting with said arms, ,the;cam'

having diverging surfaces, and springs tending to move the aws toward each other, the

springs connecting the jaws and the operfable on their pivots toward and from each other, the jaws including horizontally extending arms provided with dep'endinginwardly bent prongs located 'intermediate the ends of thearms and at the ends of the arms, the prongs at the ends of the arms being-located at a greater distance below the arms than the other prongs, and meansfor controlling the movement of the jaws,- substan tially as and for the purpose described.

7. A womanshat fastener comprising a frame adapted to be inserted in the hat,"o.p

posing jaws pivoted to the frame and movable on" their pivots toward and fromeach other, the jaws including horizontally extending arms provided with depending'inwardly bent prongs-located intermediate the ends of the arms and at the ends of the arms, the prongs at the ends of the arms being-located at a greater distance below the arms than the other prongs, and meansfor controlling the movement thereof of the jaws,

said means includingQan operating member arranged insubstantially thesame level'as the horizontal arms of the jaws being movable in a direction crosswise of the =movementyof the jaws and having a handle located outside'of the hat, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

"8. Awomans hat fastener comprisinga frame adapted to be inserted in the hat,"op-

posing jaws pivoted to the frame and movable on their pivots toward and from-each other, the jaws including horizontally'extending arms provided-with depending-in- V wardly' bent prongs located intermediate the ends of the arms and at the ends of the arms, the prongs at the end of the arms being 10- Gated at a greater distance below the arms than the other prongs, and an operating member having means for coacting with the for controlling the movement thereof, theff operating member being arranged in substantially the same level as the horizontal s of the jaws, and being movable in a direction crosswise of the movement of the jaws and having a handlelooated outside of th' fhat, and springs connecting the arms of thefljaws to the operating member and tendto move and hold the jaws in their closed position and to move the operating member toward its starting position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 5th day of May, 1913.

SHERIDAN A. VAN HORN.

Witnesses:

WM-. V. HoLRoYo, MICHAEL J. OLEARY.

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" Washington, D. 0. 

